While pregnant with her son Naledi, Manti Maifadi spent her time scribbling words that were a recollection of her life as a child at a family farm based in the small town of QwaQwa.☘️ Click to read more ⬇
. While small-scale farms may not be the answer to global food security, they very well contribute to household food security.
Sidumisile Madlala, a regular at Naledi Farm says, “Local farms are not only amazing for shopping fresh produce, but there is a lot you learn and get back from your local farmer that you won’t get at a conventional farm”. While most mass farmers do not have the time and money to compete with pests and revert to using fast chemicals – local farms have the luxury of allowing nature to play its course, which is a money saver. Plants like Nasturtiums naturally help with pest control – wild garlic helps eliminate snakes.
Although there are many positives to living and opening a small-scale farm, there are also many disadvantages and downsides.
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